“While I’m often alone with my divine spouse, I’m almost never lonely.”

– Linda Ann Long, a retired cardiologist in Minneapolis and a consecrated virgin in the Roman Catholic Church, speaking at a panel in Philadelphia about her vocation. She was quoted by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“I recognize that in history there have been situations where Protestants, including Evangelicals, have discriminated against Catholic Christians and I am really sorry for these kinds of actions, because while we can disagree theologically, this should never lead to discrimination or persecution of the other.”

– The Rev. Geoff Tunnicliffe, secretary general of the World Evangelical Alliance, speaking with Vatican Radio after Pope Francis apologized to Italian Pentecostals for the discrimination and persecution they suffered in Fascist Italy.

“We’re all scared here. There’s no solution. We can do nothing. Only God can save us.”

– Famhan Condé, digging a grave for his half-sister, Marie, who died of an Ebola outbreak. Locals have become fearful of aid workers and doctors who they suspect of spreading the disease. He was quoted by The New York Times.

“There’s still angst in the pews, but if they listen more to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John than to Rush Limbaugh, they’ll act with compassion towards these children.”

– The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, speaking to The New York Times about evangelicals’ response to the flood of unaccompanied migrant children along the U.S.-Mexico border.

– Utah State Sen. Jim Dabakis, who is gay, after receiving a letter from jailed polygamist Warren Jeffs that railed against gay people. Jeffs routinely sends a flurry of letters to Utah lawmakers. He was quoted by The Salt Lake Tribune.

“It is irrational to allow humanists to solemnize marriages if, and only if, they falsely declare that they are a ‘religion.’ It is absurd to give the Church of Satan, whose high priestess avows that her powers derive from having sex with Satan, and the Universal Life Church, which sells credentials to anyone with a credit card, a preferred position over Buddhists, who emphasize love and peace.”

– Judge Frank Easterbrook of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling in favor of humanists who sued that only clergy or government officials could solemnize a marriage ceremony.

“The irresponsibility, in this day and age, to exploit religious differences where none exist, is at the very least negligent and more appropriately dangerous. We have family members all over the world, and the idea that someone would inflame any part of that world for the sole reason of selling papers should be criminal.”

– Actor George Clooney, in a statement to USA Today after The Daily Mail published what he called a “completely fabricated” story that his fiancé’s mother opposed their marriage because of religious differences.

“If they think I’m a terrorist, I’ll give them something to think I am.”

— Shannon Conley, 18, who was arrested in Denver last April trying to board a one-way flight to the Middle East. FBI agents say Conley first drew attention when she began loitering around Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada, Colo., the site of a fatal shooting in 2007. According to USA Today, Conley told agents “I hate those people” at the church.